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And that's different from talking about impeachment. talking about the possibility of impeachment which is that formal process of holding hearings and deciding if the president should be impeached or going to the senate and deciding whether they should be taken out of office. the impeachment inquiry is the investigation process. we're doing that at this point. it's just not called an impeachment inquiry. >> more avenues to open up, though. you mentioned the mueller report, you and i have been seen that 98.5% redacted but nadler and his top five or so lawmakers could walk town the hall at the d...

Of looking like you're only avoiding impeachment because of politics, that it's about -- that in fact you're making the investigation process more politicalized by being afraid of essentially the constitutional nuclear option? >> chuck, just the opposite. if i was looking at this through a political lens, i would have called for an impeachment months ago. i'm talking about my republican colleagues, democratic colleagues, libertarians and republicans in my own district. i'm having these conversations every day. i'm simply doing what i think is the best interest of this country. i'm not saying n...

The investigation. >> i think the mueller investigators want to keep some integrity into the investigation process. and knowing that michael cohen who was at least part of the story was saying through the sources that had been reviewed, text messages and e-mails supposedly reviewed by some authentication individual, that this took place that the president directed michael cohen to lie to congress, mueller had cototo come out saying that is t true. that could be a damning thing for buzzfeed and even jeffrey toobin said this makes the american media look like the lunatic left which they clearly ...

>> you were there when we impeached a president. you voted for impeachment for richard nixon. how do you believe the house should take this up in 2019? >> i don't think impeachment is inevitable. but what's impeachment? in watergate and in the impeachment process. it was investigations. that was -- those who carried out by the committee which did an amazing job which covered the white house taping system. they brought witnesses in front of the committee. the public had a chance to examine the demeanor of john dean, the top aids. they understood what was happening. it was a huge public educatio...

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